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*72CSTC5* · 07-22-2007, 10:39 PM

Looking sexy!

PBFAB.COM · 07-23-2007, 12:23 AM

All I have to say is....

Daniel U · 07-23-2007, 12:28 AM

That thing looks sick that low! Congratulations on one sweet looking P/U!

GREASEMONKEY72 · 07-23-2007, 12:35 AM

damn that looks good

6chevy9 · 07-23-2007, 05:33 AM

i think i feel in love!:bansex: :

b&a72 · 07-23-2007, 10:57 AM

How did the panels fit? Particularly the doors?

72BlckButy · 07-24-2007, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by b&a72

How did the panels fit? Particularly the doors?

Curious about this as well...

abadsvt · 07-25-2007, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by b&a72

How did the panels fit? Particularly the doors?

The door fit good. My driver side door fit really nice but the passenger side door needed a little adjustment but i got everything to line up pretty darn good and it was only a mock up. I would buy them again and it is sweet having new doors with no rust anywhere

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Josh

Mordachai · 07-23-2007, 07:36 PM

man that looks stunning.

**Hart_Rod** · 07-23-2007, 09:26 PM

I love the look of shiny new sheetmetal,

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R

randomhero472 · 07-25-2007, 10:04 AM

josh... im golden!! your truck is looking amazing, all the hard work is very much worth it.. that thing is LOW!!!

BigSky71 · 07-25-2007, 02:20 PM

abadsvt, speaking of fit, how did you like those front fender[s]? I bought one for the right side and it took longer to make it right than it would have to fix my old one I think. The worst part was the curve to the side of the headlight [the side brow?], anyway it was creased there and had to be massaged. Plus I had to do some work to make the grille match to the fender properly.

abadsvt · 07-26-2007, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by BigSky71

abadsvt, speaking of fit, how did you like those front fender[s]? I bought one for the right side and it took longer to make it right than it would have to fix my old one I think. The worst part was the curve to the side of the headlight [the side brow?], anyway it was creased there and had to be massaged. Plus I had to do some work to make the grille match to the fender properly.

Well i cant comment to much on the front fenders yet because i don't have the hood on yet. It looks like i won't have much of a problem getting everything to line up or that is what i am telling myself

. It might be a few weeks before i test fit the hood but i will let you know how they fit.

Josh

hotrods316 · 08-02-2007, 10:31 PM

good work on the truck josh, cant believe i have not seen this one yet. I love all the hard work you have done to it.
Good job and keep up the good work!

abadsvt · 08-07-2007, 12:32 AM

Well i finally started replacing the rockerpanels and the more i took off the more i found. I found alot of rust along both cab corners and behind the rockers. Not my idea of fun but i got everything cut out and replaced with new sheetmetal. It took me a while because i wanted everything nice and tight and wanted to keep the proper door gap between the door and rocker. Here is some pics of driver side that i got replaced. Forgot to take some pics of the lower cab corners that i replaced but i did it correct. I promise! Next weekend i will hopefully get passenger side one done.

BP68 · 08-11-2007, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by abadsvt

Well i finally started replacing the rockerpanels and the more i took off the more i found. I found alot of rust along both cab corners and behind the rockers. Not my idea of fun but i got everything cut out and replaced with new sheetmetal. It took me a while because i wanted everything nice and tight and wanted to keep the proper door gap between the door and rocker. Here is some pics of driver side that i got replaced. Forgot to take some pics of the lower cab corners that i replaced but i did it correct. I promise! Next weekend i will hopefully get passenger side one done.

Did you replace the inner rocker also? If not, what did you treat the surface rust with.

anthony101 · 08-18-2007, 11:33 PM

thats bad dude im working on one similar i wanna lay out completely. but i wanna try to get mine layed out on 22's.....lol but yours totally kills mine good work ima use you as an inspiration

abadsvt · 08-25-2007, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by BP68

Did you replace the inner rocker also? If not, what did you treat the surface rust with.

Sorry it took me so long to respond. I must have missed all these replys. Anyways i did replace the inner rocker panels too. There was too much rust to leave them alone.

Josh

gringoloco · 08-07-2007, 07:49 AM

Nice work. Won't have to worry about that again for a while...

edflores · 08-09-2007, 12:06 PM

i dont know for sure, but i thought you were suppose to use the other kind of shockwaves if you wanted to do a lever/cantilever setup??? i think that the sleeve types can't hold that much weight. i may be wrong. your truck looks wicked good. you did some fantastic work. what ratio did you make your lever triangle thingys??

PBFAB.COM · 08-09-2007, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by edflores

i dont know for sure, but i thought you were suppose to use the other kind of shockwaves if you wanted to do a lever/cantilever setup??? i think that the sleeve types can't hold that much weight. i may be wrong. your truck looks wicked good. you did some fantastic work. what ratio did you make your lever triangle thingys??

I am pretty sure Josh kept the ratio close to 1:1. This is acceptable for this style Shockwave... they have a 1500lb. load capacity. It is much more common to see guys running the double convoluted style bellows on canti-levered rocker arm set-ups. Here's a link to an extremely nice tri-five with a rocker arm set-up similar to Josh's. http://www.ironworksspeedandkustom.c...album=3&page=1

jlaird · 08-25-2007, 12:03 PM

Nice work! It's come a long way...

abadsvt · 08-30-2007, 11:53 PM

Well i am stoked! Look what i bought. It is a 2002 Corvette rollin chassis. Hopefully next week i will be able to pick it up.

abadsvt · 08-25-2007, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by edflores

i dont know for sure, but i thought you were suppose to use the other kind of shockwaves if you wanted to do a lever/cantilever setup??? i think that the sleeve types can't hold that much weight. i may be wrong. your truck looks wicked good. you did some fantastic work. what ratio did you make your lever triangle thingys??

The problem with the convoluted style shockwaves is that they only have 2.6-4.1" of stroke so. I would have done a crazy ratio on my cantilever setup to get any kind of lift. They would really only be practical for someone who has a IRS setup. Now the there are two styles of sleeve shockwaves. There is the 7000 and 9000. The 7000 is only good for vehicles that way 1500lbs or less on the rear axle. The 9000 is good for 1500-2400lbs on the rear axel. So the 9000 can easily support the weight and they have from 4.1-6" of lift. I have the 9009 which is the 6" stroke. My ratio for the cantilever setup i believe is 1:3-1:4 which makes around 8-8.5" of lift. Nathan was explaining to me that the larger the ratio is the less the weight the shockwaves can support. That is why i kept the ratio under 1:5 to be extra safe. I believe that if you go anything around 2:1 you are pushing it. Anyways thanks for the complements on my truck. I can't wait to see it all finished. Talk to you later.

Josh

Spray-Bomb · 08-19-2007, 06:47 PM

Are we there yet !!!

Dude your truck is sick !!!

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abadsvt Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Atascadero, CA Posts: 1,152	Re: Finally my own build thread! Well i finally started replacing the rockerpanels and the more i took off the more i found. I found alot of rust along both cab corners and behind the rockers. Not my idea of fun but i got everything cut out and replaced with new sheetmetal. It took me a while because i wanted everything nice and tight and wanted to keep the proper door gap between the door and rocker. Here is some pics of driver side that i got replaced. Forgot to take some pics of the lower cab corners that i replaced but i did it correct. I promise! Next weekend i will hopefully get passenger side one done. Attached Images __________________ (Project truck) 1970 C10 under complete transformation My current build thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=212871 Other project: C5 corvette swap into 70 c10 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=1#post2413517 On Hold Last edited by abadsvt; 08-07-2007 at 12:33 AM.

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